How do you solve $- 5 p + 10 + 2 p = - 5$ $-5p+10+2p= -5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-22T20:29:19

You may do that by first grouping the like terms together,

$- 5 p + 2 p = - 10 - 5$ $-5p+2p=-10-5$

$\Rightarrow - 3 p = - 15$ $=> -3p=-15$

Divide both sides by $- 3$ $-3$

$=> (cancel(-3)p)/cancel(-3)=(-15)/-3$

$=> p=-15/-3 =5$

$p=5$

How do you solve -5p+10+2p= -5−5p+10+2p=−5-5p+10+2p= -5?